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LB Joe Burger (Official Thread)

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OHIO STATE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK JOE BURGER EARNS TOP RECOGNITION FOR THWARTING INDIANA FAKE PUNT ATTEMPT

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It's not often the Columbus media gets a chance to speak with the special teams player of the week under Urban Meyer — especially when that player is a walk-on.

"We try not to refer to him as a walk-on in that way because they're not. Him, Craig Fada, there's no difference between those guys and anybody else," co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Luke Fickell said Monday. "That's the beautiful thing."

The guy Fickell referred to is Joe Burger, a junior from Cincinnati LaSalle High School who along with his roommate Fada have made an impact on Ohio State's special teams often in 2015.

Burger's latest act, the halting of a fake punt ran by Indiana in Ohio State's 34-27 victory Saturday, earned him special teams player of the week honors from his head coach.

"The black shirt, who is the player of the game on special teams, was Joe Burger, obviously stopped a fake punt for us and a very important guy on punt block and KOR," Meyer said Monday.

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Burger hardly ever makes press clippings, but did Saturday when he denied the Hoosiers a first down on 4th-and-1 from their own 11-yard line. At the time the Buckeyes trailed 10-3, and Burger's stop put Ohio State's offense in stellar field position for its next drive. The Buckeyes kicked a field goal.

"Actually going through film, (special teams) coach (Kerry) Coombs was going through the different looks and different fake opportunities that they had and one of them was that exact look that they showed on Saturday," Burger said Monday. "When the play happened, it was almost like, 'Is this real? Are they showing that exact look?' Having that familiarity and practice with it, was one of the reasons we were able to stop that play."

Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson attributed the ugly error to a miscommunication between his staff and his punter, Erich Toth.

"We had something up, and unfortunately the way we done it, we had the ability to go a couple directions and we kind of practiced it in a direction where all of a sudden we got a look and we called it to go the other way and unfortunately it didn't get communicated," Wilson said after the game. "Basically, Erich just busted, just busted on the right, and we blocked — it was kind of set up and he just made a mistake."

It looked bad, but Burger did his job and capitalized on Toth's blunder.

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Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...r-earns-top-recognition-for-thwarting-indiana
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That was a great play Berger made, one of the forgotten plays that was overshadowed by the terrible play all day. Hats off to this kid. Love seeing a walk on make a play.
 
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Well deserved
but I pose a question
is this using of scholarships that are no longer 'active'.. from those not attending class and prepping for the combine?
cuz I thought we were in a scholarship crunch
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Well deserved
but I pose a question
is this using of scholarships that are no longer 'active'.. from those not attending class and prepping for the combine?
cuz I thought we were in a scholarship crunch
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They had a few more departures than they were counting on (1-2 higher ), so this essentially banks those scholarships for the outrageously tiny set of scholarships for 2017 (which looks epic so far )

I'd much rather see this than reaching on an extra sleeper this spring. There are too many monster recruits in the next class to waste spots on longshots.
 
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jwinslow said:
I'd much rather see this than reaching on an extra sleeper this spring. There are too many monster recruits in the next class to waste spots on longshots.
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Exactly. What's the saying? Something about its not the recruits you don't get that hurt a program as much as the ones you get that don't contribute?

Anyway, it's always awesome to see a walkon rewarded with a schollie.
 
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SENIOR LINEBACKER JOE BURGER IS OHIO STATE'S UNLIKELIEST CAPTAIN

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Urban Meyer heard the name, and Ohio State’s head coach perked up instantly, then flashed a wide smile.

“I could talk about him all day,” Meyer said in response to a reporter’s question pertaining to Buckeyes senior linebacker Joe Burger.

He didn’t go on forever, but you got the sense Meyer could do exactly that for one of Ohio State’s seven captains this season.

Burger is a bit different than those other six, however. For one, he’s the only captain on the team who isn’t a returning starter. J.T. Barrett, Pat Elflein, Raekwon McMillan, Gareon Conley, Tyquan Lewis and Billy Price all started for the Buckeyes last season and were unquestionably going to be counted on in 2016; Burger was credited with exactly one tackle last year.

Secondly, the six captains other than Burger were all high-profile recruits who came to Ohio State expected to contribute right away. Burger was not, and spent his first four seasons as a walk-on before Meyer put him on scholarship this summer for his final year with the Buckeyes.

“It’s really cool,” Burger said of earning his scholarship. “Me and Craig [Fada], we were just working out and coach Meyer called us and we met with [strength coach Mickey Marotti] and it was just, ‘Hey, the way we have it right now we have two spots and we’re excited to give you guys full scholarships.’

“I’M VERY HUMBLED AND VERY HONORED TO BE CHOSEN BY MY TEAMMATES. YOU ALWAYS TRY TO IMPRESS THE COACHING STAFF, BUT THE NO. 1 THING IS ALWAYS HOW YOUR PEERS THINK OF YOU. THE FACT THEY VOTED ME CAPTAIN, THAT’S EXTREMELY HUMBLING AND I’M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THEM.”– JOE BURGER

“We tried to keep it in and tried not to get too much emotion, just act like it’s business as usual but it is a really big deal when you call your family and stuff.”

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...burger-is-ohio-states-unlikeliest-of-captains
 
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